A new study reveals that roasted coffee contains previously unknown compounds capable of inhibiting a key enzyme linked to blood sugar control. Scientists have identified three compounds that strongly ...

The idea behind the caging technique is that a molecule of interest can be rendered biologically inert (or caged) by chemical modification with a photoremovable protecting group (Fig. 1). Illumination ...

Elements and Compounds: Understanding elements and compounds is basic knowledge to study chemistry. Elements are the basic building blocks of matter, while compounds are substances formed when two or ...

A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...

Scientists have discovered that key compounds from cannabis—CBD and THC—show surprisingly strong effects against ovarian cancer cells. Used together, they slow cell growth, reduce colony formation, ...

Boiling point is the temperature at which a liquid's vapour pressure equals the external pressure, causing it to change into a gas. Melting point is the temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid.

Mercury is used in its pure form in thermometers and barometers. Many batteries contain mercury. It is used in floodlights, streetlights, and other outdoor or powerful lights. It is also used as a ...

Lead is used in the production of batteries, ammunition, metal products (solder, pipes, fishing weights, electronics and alloys with other metals) and devices to shield X-rays. Tetraethyl lead is used ...

Everything we can see and touch, and quite a lot that we can’t as well, is made of tiny particles called atoms. Some substances, like particles of this iron, contain only one kind of atom. Iron is an ...